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Wednesday, November 11, 2015

This is the second novel I have read by this author who really brings to life the feeling of the times-the 1920's! I read "It Had to be You" (see my review here)first but it really isn't necessary--this book can definitely be read as a stand alone.

Trixie is a woman who is a working at a newspaper as a reporter--a woman in a man's field-at least back then. She is tenacious, curious and is extremely intuitive. Of course working with all these men (read-dare I write this-male chauvinist pigs of the first order)is no walk in the park. Couple that with the fact that the guy she is currently seeing is a policeman who really doesn't want her trying to figure out cases on her own-you have some pretty tense and some pretty funny moments. I did find myself laughing out loud more then once.

Will the reporter and the police officer ever get over their differences and become a verified couple? Will Trixie be able to exonerate her ex fiance from the allegation that he murdered his current wife? Will they finally figure out who done it? To find the answers--read the book--you really should enjoy this one!

New Release....

Mystery and Romance in 1920s Manhattan...

A homicide detective and a tabloid reporter are on the road to romance but at cross-purposes at work when they investigate the New Year’s Eve murder of a young heiress after she comes into control of a family fortune.

New York City, 1925

It’s after midnight on New Year’s Day, and the richest girl in America has just fallen to her death from the top floor of the posh Cleveland Hotel in Manhattan.

When Detective Sean Costigan arrives at the scene, he learns it’s the day after Abigail Welles’s twenty-first birthday—the day she inherited a family fortune. It’s not the kind of coincidence that warms a detective’s heart. Neither is the fact that she wasn’t alone when she fell. Her new husband, Long Island party boy Nick Welles, lies incoherent in the master bedroom.

Sean’s girl, tabloid reporter Trixie Frank, is the first newshound on the scene. It’s a bigger scoop than she dreamed. The young heiress’s death will make national headlines. More importantly, this story hits close to home. And heart. The victim’s husband is Trixie’s ex-fiancé.

When Sean focuses on Nick as his prime suspect, Trixie is certain he’s dead wrong. But will saving her first love from the hot seat prove fatal to her new romance?

GOODBYE TOOTSIE is a stand-alone romantic mystery sequel to IT HAD TO BE YOU. It’s a complete mystery that can be read alone, after the first book, or before the first book. It contains romantic elements, which means it may include love scenes (sensual but not graphic).

Determined to pursue her dream of becoming a crime reporter, heiress Trixie Frank believes she's off to a running start when she lands a job at the most successful tabloid in Manhattan. Unfortunately, her high hopes fade fast when she's assigned to the rewrite desk.

Sean Costigan is a demoted homicide detective on the commissioner's blacklist. The last thing he needs complicating his life is a perky debutante with delusions of becoming the next great American journalist. Too bad she happens to hold one of the keys to solving his latest case, the Central Park murder of a notorious gangster. The other key?

Sean's childhood sweetheart, the victim's widow, who has gone missing.

Sean soon has more trouble with dames than any good man deserves. But that's the least of his worries. When he suspects deadly corruption within his own department, it's not just his and Trixie's careers that depend on finding the killer. It's their lives.

Delynn Royer is the older, smarter, funnier, more ornery alter ego of author Donna Grove, who, as a young mother, published several lighthearted historical romances. The first, A TOUCH OF CAMELOT, won a Romance Writers of America Golden Heart Award. Soon after that, Delynn set aside her pen to concentrate on her day job and raising her two sons.

Motherhood never ends, but kids eventually fly the nest. Delynn has returned to her first love, writing. She has updated editions of her backlist to be available as ebooks and is working on new titles that she hopes will entertain and lighten readers' hearts.

Delynn's latest ebook release is GOODBYE, TOOTSIE, the sequel to IT HAD TO BE YOU, a romantic mystery set in 1920s Manhattan.
Aside from delving into the historical research that inspires her novels, Delynn enjoys classic movies, reading, travel and yoga. She lives with her husband in Pennsylvania.

Wow this book sounds so interesting and intriguing! I guess if I were suddenly a newspaper reporter like Trixie, the famous news story I would have liked to cover from the past would be the Black Dahlia murder or the JFK assassination. Looking forward to reading this book!

Thank you for your review, Michele. The 1920s is one of my favorite time periods, and the characters of Trixie and Sean have been two of the most fun to write. I'm glad to hear you've had fun with them too. :)